So how do you propose to pay to continue researching? If you sell every drug 'at cost,' where are you getting the resources to expand? How will you fund more scientists so more advancements can be made? How will you remain in business so you have the basic capacity to keep producing? It is very easy to take a 'moral high ground' stance when reality is ignored.
The reason executives at drug companies get paid big bucks is simple. If the drug company did *not* pay big bucks, those executives would move elsewhere. Believe it or not, people in corporate offices actually do work. They are not paid large sums of money simply because they look good in a suit.
The same reason everything tastes like chicken. The designers of the Matrix did not expect Humans to go sniffing moon dust so there was no pre-determined smell for it and some agent panicked and smacked the "spent gunpowder" smell instead of the "it's just a rock" smell.
...is that it took so long to find this. Blackberries are in such wide use around government agencies, I would have hoped they would have found something like this long ago. I always have to wonder about the idiot designers and coders who create bugs like this.
That is true, but the proposed facility would help tremendously reduce their production costs. This means more money goes into R&D. Companies in the US, Taiwan, and China will need to find ways to keep a competitive advantage against the Japanese trio.
The game really is all the reviewer says. It has an old school charm that I find irresistable. The first time I found cheerfully floating Drakies, I laughed out loud, it was too perfect. People may be skeptical of the cell shaded look, but it works oddly well for this title. It fits the lighthearted gameplay and makes me nostalgic for the blocky sprites of the old NES games.
And lest we forget, Jessica is rather, err, bouncy... o.o
Actually, since Wikipedia is open to editing by anyone, the next person to come along can simply revise what you wrote to remove the needless fluff. That is one of the many benefits to having a community edited and modified database such as Wikipedia.
Hack your neighbors wireless connection and feed false information to their RSS printed TP. Imagine the fun you could have. Program it to tell your neighbors wife she's fat and needs to lose weight. Program it to insult your neighbor's husband's manhood. There's so much potential here it is staggering...
This is so true. There have been times I had no other choice but to laugh about it or cry over it. People just don't think about the cases where there is a real need to get around this stuff. Oh! Piracy is bad! Stop anything that looks like piracy!
As someone who has worked in sensitive research areas, I have to say it is about time this came up. There were many times in college when we could not tell our sponsors straight out what we were doing because technically it was illegal. We were doing legitimate research, but because of how poorly written the DMCA is, we could have gotten in hot water because of what we were doing.
What makes it even worse... our sponsor was the Department of Defense. I can not give any specific details becaus of a NDA, so you will have to take my word on it, but what we were doing was of great value to our serving men and women. This is something that is most definitely sorely needed.
The article is making a very dangerous assumption here... assuming that other companies fix all their bugs. They are only fixing bugs that we know about. Who knows what they have found in-house that has remained unpatched because it was deemed too obscure.
Another thing the author is missing is that these competitors stay in business by creating the impression that all vulnerabilities are fixed. Microsoft is vastly more publicly responsible than the smaller competitors mentioned. In the interest of continued business, they are pretty much required to adopt a policy of full disclosure. Smaller companies are not required to do this as much because they are the underdog, and everyone loves an underdog.
If it was discovered Microsoft knew about some bugs and didn't publicly release the information, there would be massive outcry. If Mozilla did the same, they might get a slap on the wrist, but I doubt it would seriously affect their business. As I mentioned above, they are the underdog and everyone loves an underdog.
People just aren't willing to spend money purely in the name of Science. There needs to be a concrete reason for it. Personally, as a space buff, I find things like this mind boggling. But to the average american, this means nothing.
When politicians talk about funding for the Hubble, or for the ISS, or any other project, it's typically because the funding would directly profit their constituents. In the rare case, they believe in the science of the project, but if it doesn't garner them votes, there's no point in voicing their opinion.
Basically, if something doesn't have military signifigance, there's little interest in the government for funding it. If something doesn't have commercial value, there's little interest in the commercial sector for funding it. It all comes down to dollars, and pure science typically comes last.
One of the things that intrigues me most about these claims is near the very end. A bounty of $20,000 is being offered to a scientist who can disprove his theories... and no one has tried yet. It's easy to say someone is off their rocker, it's quite another to prove it objectively. Until this happens, I wouldn't necessarily discount this entirely. Even if I could *only* add another 100 years to my life by his theories, I wouldn't have any complaints at all.
The images were just kind of... blah. Just the name Quark sounds somewhat exotic and these pictures are anything but. It looks about like something I would have made years ago when I was first learning 3d Studio Max. Is this really what quarks and photons are supposed to 'look' like or what?
Maybe it was a case like this gem where some phycist was making a joke out of a colleague's poor artistic skills...
I was skeptical, but I plugged in a few of my favorite songs (Country, no flames please... ^^;). I gave it three songs that are at the top of my favorites list (I Sure Can Smell the Rain, The Dance, and Anymore). Every song in an hour of listening to it has been spot on what I like to listen to.
I think what makes me happiest with it, however, is the variety of artists they play. I was expecting a small list of artists and songs, but many of the artists and songs they play I've never heard before. I'll probably subscribe to this simply because it's playing incredible songs that don't get radio airtime.
From a technical standpoint, I'm very impressed by the speed and musical quality. They have an elegantly simple design for their site. And it works.
This movie is going to be awesome, wether you're a fan of the series or not. My biggest hope is that if the movie does well, Sci-Fi Channel will pick it up and make it a part of their friday night (or maybe wednesday night) lineup. I must have more!
I think if they sell these at, say, $150 a pop to americans, they have the potential to sell millions. Anyone remember the failed email appliances from a few years ago? These are a lot sexier looking and far more portable.
With the tablet and e-book functionality, it's something you could use from the couch watching TV, from the kitchen to show recipes, hell, even from the bathtub for some reading material while you relax. If it's rugged enough for 3rd world countries, then it's something kids could use without fear of causing too much damage. They'd have to have an OS on it that's simple and reliable because you can't necessarily get tech support in BFE Africa, so it's got to be stable and simple enough for my grandma to use.
I think low-cost units like this are the future of app-centric computing. Gaming still requires a more intense setup, but as computers get better, imagine hooking a VR rig to this little unit and being fully immersed in a virtual world. The potential for this kind of technology is just staggering.
If we could eliminate all users, the internet would be much safer!
All joking aside, what it comes down to is this: As long as there is information people want to protect, there is going to be someone who wants to read it, distribute it, sell it (?).
Let's play a mental game.. Suppose we come up with a truly proactive system to protect a home PC (which are mainly target to be zombies against riper targets). All a hacker need to do is purchase a copy (or download it from IRC or some file-sharing service) and keep trying their virus or exploits against their own system on their own network until it works. Now you're still going to be dependent on the old reactive system of doing things to patch your brand new proactive system.
Until we change the way we think about network security and adopt more distributed solutions to this problem, it's going to very difficult to stop these people. In my opinion, it's going to take a completely different way of thinking about networking which, sadly, probably won't happen until some new technology necessitates it.
Tagline from the website...
"Welcome to the world of nanomicrons and beyond!"
All credibility went out the window right there. Seriously, how much pot do you have to smoke to come up with stuff like this. My grandma can photoshop better than the morons at "Atom Chip Corporation." If anyone gives these people money, they deserve what they're getting - absolutely nothing.
Windows 3.1 was a pain to run and most people I know who used a system running it in the office had stripped down shells... Or just had the software they needed loaded up automagically and the Windows 3.1 shell was never loaded. In Windows 95, by default you were in the graphical shell unless you specifically told it to reboot to DOS. So... Solitaire and Minesweeper were more accessible because you were always working from within windows.
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So how do you propose to pay to continue researching? If you sell every drug 'at cost,' where are you getting the resources to expand? How will you fund more scientists so more advancements can be made? How will you remain in business so you have the basic capacity to keep producing? It is very easy to take a 'moral high ground' stance when reality is ignored.
The reason executives at drug companies get paid big bucks is simple. If the drug company did *not* pay big bucks, those executives would move elsewhere. Believe it or not, people in corporate offices actually do work. They are not paid large sums of money simply because they look good in a suit.
The same reason everything tastes like chicken. The designers of the Matrix did not expect Humans to go sniffing moon dust so there was no pre-determined smell for it and some agent panicked and smacked the "spent gunpowder" smell instead of the "it's just a rock" smell.
I was glancing through the image and I lol'd when I read that. I couldn't believe they'd be so blunt...
They're keeping all the other animals in the barn awake!
...is that it took so long to find this. Blackberries are in such wide use around government agencies, I would have hoped they would have found something like this long ago. I always have to wonder about the idiot designers and coders who create bugs like this.
That is true, but the proposed facility would help tremendously reduce their production costs. This means more money goes into R&D. Companies in the US, Taiwan, and China will need to find ways to keep a competitive advantage against the Japanese trio.
This is great news for the semiconductor market. Hopefully it will stir the pot up a bit and force more serious innovations to occur.
The game really is all the reviewer says. It has an old school charm that I find irresistable. The first time I found cheerfully floating Drakies, I laughed out loud, it was too perfect. People may be skeptical of the cell shaded look, but it works oddly well for this title. It fits the lighthearted gameplay and makes me nostalgic for the blocky sprites of the old NES games.
And lest we forget, Jessica is rather, err, bouncy... o.o
Actually, since Wikipedia is open to editing by anyone, the next person to come along can simply revise what you wrote to remove the needless fluff. That is one of the many benefits to having a community edited and modified database such as Wikipedia.
Hack your neighbors wireless connection and feed false information to their RSS printed TP. Imagine the fun you could have. Program it to tell your neighbors wife she's fat and needs to lose weight. Program it to insult your neighbor's husband's manhood. There's so much potential here it is staggering...
This is so true. There have been times I had no other choice but to laugh about it or cry over it. People just don't think about the cases where there is a real need to get around this stuff. Oh! Piracy is bad! Stop anything that looks like piracy!
*grinds teeth*
As someone who has worked in sensitive research areas, I have to say it is about time this came up. There were many times in college when we could not tell our sponsors straight out what we were doing because technically it was illegal. We were doing legitimate research, but because of how poorly written the DMCA is, we could have gotten in hot water because of what we were doing.
What makes it even worse... our sponsor was the Department of Defense. I can not give any specific details becaus of a NDA, so you will have to take my word on it, but what we were doing was of great value to our serving men and women. This is something that is most definitely sorely needed.
The article is making a very dangerous assumption here... assuming that other companies fix all their bugs. They are only fixing bugs that we know about. Who knows what they have found in-house that has remained unpatched because it was deemed too obscure.
Another thing the author is missing is that these competitors stay in business by creating the impression that all vulnerabilities are fixed. Microsoft is vastly more publicly responsible than the smaller competitors mentioned. In the interest of continued business, they are pretty much required to adopt a policy of full disclosure. Smaller companies are not required to do this as much because they are the underdog, and everyone loves an underdog.
If it was discovered Microsoft knew about some bugs and didn't publicly release the information, there would be massive outcry. If Mozilla did the same, they might get a slap on the wrist, but I doubt it would seriously affect their business. As I mentioned above, they are the underdog and everyone loves an underdog.
...to the phrase "You've sure got a lot of nerve."
Next time you're out and about and some guy named Biff smacks you with a bionic arm implant, don't say Sarlos didn't warn you.
People just aren't willing to spend money purely in the name of Science. There needs to be a concrete reason for it. Personally, as a space buff, I find things like this mind boggling. But to the average american, this means nothing.
When politicians talk about funding for the Hubble, or for the ISS, or any other project, it's typically because the funding would directly profit their constituents. In the rare case, they believe in the science of the project, but if it doesn't garner them votes, there's no point in voicing their opinion.
Basically, if something doesn't have military signifigance, there's little interest in the government for funding it. If something doesn't have commercial value, there's little interest in the commercial sector for funding it. It all comes down to dollars, and pure science typically comes last.
One of the things that intrigues me most about these claims is near the very end. A bounty of $20,000 is being offered to a scientist who can disprove his theories... and no one has tried yet. It's easy to say someone is off their rocker, it's quite another to prove it objectively. Until this happens, I wouldn't necessarily discount this entirely. Even if I could *only* add another 100 years to my life by his theories, I wouldn't have any complaints at all.
The images were just kind of... blah. Just the name Quark sounds somewhat exotic and these pictures are anything but. It looks about like something I would have made years ago when I was first learning 3d Studio Max. Is this really what quarks and photons are supposed to 'look' like or what?
Maybe it was a case like this gem where some phycist was making a joke out of a colleague's poor artistic skills...
I was skeptical, but I plugged in a few of my favorite songs (Country, no flames please... ^^;). I gave it three songs that are at the top of my favorites list (I Sure Can Smell the Rain, The Dance, and Anymore). Every song in an hour of listening to it has been spot on what I like to listen to.
I think what makes me happiest with it, however, is the variety of artists they play. I was expecting a small list of artists and songs, but many of the artists and songs they play I've never heard before. I'll probably subscribe to this simply because it's playing incredible songs that don't get radio airtime.
From a technical standpoint, I'm very impressed by the speed and musical quality. They have an elegantly simple design for their site. And it works.
This movie is going to be awesome, wether you're a fan of the series or not. My biggest hope is that if the movie does well, Sci-Fi Channel will pick it up and make it a part of their friday night (or maybe wednesday night) lineup. I must have more!
I think if they sell these at, say, $150 a pop to americans, they have the potential to sell millions. Anyone remember the failed email appliances from a few years ago? These are a lot sexier looking and far more portable.
With the tablet and e-book functionality, it's something you could use from the couch watching TV, from the kitchen to show recipes, hell, even from the bathtub for some reading material while you relax. If it's rugged enough for 3rd world countries, then it's something kids could use without fear of causing too much damage. They'd have to have an OS on it that's simple and reliable because you can't necessarily get tech support in BFE Africa, so it's got to be stable and simple enough for my grandma to use.
I think low-cost units like this are the future of app-centric computing. Gaming still requires a more intense setup, but as computers get better, imagine hooking a VR rig to this little unit and being fully immersed in a virtual world. The potential for this kind of technology is just staggering.
If we could eliminate all users, the internet would be much safer! All joking aside, what it comes down to is this: As long as there is information people want to protect, there is going to be someone who wants to read it, distribute it, sell it (?). Let's play a mental game.. Suppose we come up with a truly proactive system to protect a home PC (which are mainly target to be zombies against riper targets). All a hacker need to do is purchase a copy (or download it from IRC or some file-sharing service) and keep trying their virus or exploits against their own system on their own network until it works. Now you're still going to be dependent on the old reactive system of doing things to patch your brand new proactive system. Until we change the way we think about network security and adopt more distributed solutions to this problem, it's going to very difficult to stop these people. In my opinion, it's going to take a completely different way of thinking about networking which, sadly, probably won't happen until some new technology necessitates it.
Tagline from the website... "Welcome to the world of nanomicrons and beyond!" All credibility went out the window right there. Seriously, how much pot do you have to smoke to come up with stuff like this. My grandma can photoshop better than the morons at "Atom Chip Corporation." If anyone gives these people money, they deserve what they're getting - absolutely nothing.
I won't be happy until I can hack it to boot Linux on my onboard computer and use http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/promotion/contr oller?promotionType=miniPac&action=miniStartone of these to control my coffee pot and start the microwave to reheat dinner while i'm driving home from work.
Windows 3.1 was a pain to run and most people I know who used a system running it in the office had stripped down shells... Or just had the software they needed loaded up automagically and the Windows 3.1 shell was never loaded. In Windows 95, by default you were in the graphical shell unless you specifically told it to reboot to DOS. So... Solitaire and Minesweeper were more accessible because you were always working from within windows.